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Hamakua Harvest Farmers Market held every Sunday: 'Experience the warm hospitality of Hamakua'
By Art Benavidez | Aug 6, 2021
A one-of-a-kind farmers market is held every Sunday in Hamakua.
New poll shows 'the public isn't onboard' with any type of COVID-19 vaccine mandate
By Art Benavidez | Aug 4, 2021
A recent poll shows that most Americans believe that receiving the COVID-19 vaccine should be a matter of personal choice.
Merrie Monarch Festival performer: 'There was a sense of healing and so much love surrounding us'
By Christina Heath | Aug 2, 2021
Hawaii held its 58th annual Merrie Monarch Festival last month between July 1st and 3rd, which was also broadcast on Hawaii News Now’s K5.
Trafalgar poll shows American flag inspires pride and patriotism and that America is 'a nation of good and decent people'
By Art Benavidez | Jul 29, 2021
The Olympic Games in Tokyo are underway, and if a recent poll is any indication of America's patriotism, many Americans will be rooting hard for Team USA to medal in its respective events.
It's 'the foremost priority for the (HDOA) to isolate and control' bovine tuberculosis on Molokai
By Caleb Lombardo | Jul 16, 2021
Ranchers and herds in Hawaii will be facing an especially tricky year navigating bovine tuberculosis, otherwise known as Mycobacterium bovis.
Unite Hawaii 'connecting vulernable populations' to health resources
By Press Release | Jul 15, 2021
Unite Us, the enterprise technology company providing the digital infrastructure to power integrated health and social care ecosystems, announced partnerships with Kaiser Permanente, a leading healthcare provider, and AlohaCare, a nonprofit health plan in Hawaii, to implement the first-ever coordinated care network throughout the state: Unite Hawaii.
Miss Kona Coffee Scholarship Competition is looking for qualified candidates: 'Hawaii is evolving'
By Trina Thomas | Jul 10, 2021
Kona Commons Shopping Center is holding an event on Sunday, July 18, for young women who are interested in candidate registration for the UCC Hawaii Miss Kona Coffee Scholarship Competition.
New OuterSpatial app safely paves the way across Hawaii's trails and hunting grounds for visitors and residents
By Alexus Barnhart | Jul 7, 2021
Both tourists and residents of Hawaii have a new method to access information about trails and hunting areas through a new app the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry has recently launched.
New moorings to 'provide significant coral protection value to this high-use site' on Kona coast
By John Kelly | Jul 5, 2021
In the 1970s, the Kona Surf Hotel at Kaukalaelae Point directed bright lights into the surf at night.
Native Hawaiian organizations receive federal grants to 'preserve indigenous history, heritage and culture'
By Christina Heath | Jun 21, 2021
Federal grants have been awarded to 12 native Hawaiian programs that are working to continue the preservation of indigenous ways of life and culture.
SCP Hilo Hotel is ‘dedicated to providing holistic hospitality experiences’ for eco-conscious travelers
By Kasey Schefflin-Emrich | Jun 21, 2021
Soul Community Planet (SCP) is bringing its vision of holistic hospitality to Hawaii with a new hotel in Hilo.
"Kona Surf Company is taking bookings!": Popular surf company is back open for summer season
By John Kelly | Jun 17, 2021
The Kona Surf Company is again open for business after COVID-19.
6-15-21 DUI Stats
By Press Release | Jun 17, 2021
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North Kona Councilman on tourism promotion: 'I feel that this money could be better used elsewhere'
By Bree Gonzales | Jun 9, 2021
Despite general concern about putting more money into tourism promotion, North Kona Councilman Holeka Inaba’s proposal to use only $100,000 of the $459,000 budget for tourism received a thumbs-down.
West Hawaii Community Health Center director: 'This pandemic has changed how we deliver health care'
By Bree Gonzales | Jun 8, 2021
Within a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed many practices almost in a snap, and that includes health consultations.
Hapuna Beach State Park voted best beach in America for 2021: The 'perfect place to swim, snorkel or scuba dive'
By Bree Gonzales | Jun 2, 2021
Mahalo to Dr. Stephen Leatherman, also known as "Dr. Beach," for naming Hapuna Beach State Park this year’s No. 1 beach in the country.
Hawaii Community Lending partnership will serve '3,400 households' via federal funding distribution
By Karen Kidd | May 3, 2021
A Hawaii-based lending nonprofit is one of seven local organizations partnering to disburse millions in Hawaii County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) funds for rental and utility assistance to thousands of households struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Food Basket sees increase to more than 80,000 individuals per month in 2020 due to pandemic
By Benjamin Kibbey | Apr 29, 2021
With demand for assistance increased nearly six times during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Food Basket, Hawaii's food bank, moved into action to help keep local families fed.
UHERO’s Steven Bond-Smith: Diversification is driven by relationships ‘to the visitor industry’
By Tamara Browning | Apr 25, 2021
A research fellow at an economics center in Western Australia who soon will join the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization has offered ways Hawaii may grow its economy through diversification.
Hawaiʻi named most inclusive state for third year in a row as state 'focuses on policies, laws and outcomes'
By Andy Nghiem | Apr 25, 2021
Hawaiʻi was recently ranked the most inclusive state in the U.S. for the third year in a row, according to a new UC Berkeley study, reported Hawaii Public Radio News.